Sibanye Stillwater (SBSW) Competitors

Sibanye Stillwater (NYSE:SBSW) and Alamos Gold (NYSE:AGI) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and community ranking.

Does the media prefer SBSW or AGI?

In the previous week, Alamos Gold had 9 more articles in the media than Sibanye Stillwater. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Alamos Gold and 7 mentions for Sibanye Stillwater. Alamos Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Sibanye Stillwater's score of 0.57 indicating that Alamos Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sibanye Stillwater	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Alamos Gold	6 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in SBSW or AGI?

34.9% of Sibanye Stillwater shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.3% of Alamos Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Sibanye Stillwater shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Alamos Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SBSW or AGI a better dividend stock?

Sibanye Stillwater pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Alamos Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Sibanye Stillwater pays out 15.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alamos Gold pays out 14.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SBSW or AGI?

Alamos Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sibanye Stillwater. Sibanye Stillwater is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alamos Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sibanye Stillwater	$112.13B	0.03	-$2.05B	$0.52	9.51
Alamos Gold	$1.35B	9.27	$284.30M	$0.69	43.03

Which has more risk and volatility, SBSW or AGI?

Sibanye Stillwater has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alamos Gold has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SBSW or AGI?

Alamos Gold received 385 more outperform votes than Sibanye Stillwater when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.70% of users gave Alamos Gold an outperform vote while only 47.22% of users gave Sibanye Stillwater an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sibanye Stillwater	Outperform Votes 34 47.22%	Underperform Votes 38 52.78%
Alamos Gold	Outperform Votes 419 56.70%	Underperform Votes 320 43.30%

Do analysts prefer SBSW or AGI?

Sibanye Stillwater currently has a consensus target price of $5.05, suggesting a potential upside of 2.12%. Alamos Gold has a consensus target price of $30.38, suggesting a potential upside of 2.30%. Given Alamos Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Alamos Gold is more favorable than Sibanye Stillwater.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sibanye Stillwater	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17
Alamos Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is SBSW or AGI more profitable?

Alamos Gold has a net margin of 21.11% compared to Sibanye Stillwater's net margin of 0.00%. Alamos Gold's return on equity of 10.05% beat Sibanye Stillwater's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sibanye Stillwater	N/A	N/A	N/A
Alamos Gold	21.11%	10.05%	7.01%

Summary

Alamos Gold beats Sibanye Stillwater on 18 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.